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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New article out, open access, in Itinerario: “West Papuans between transnationalism and internationalism.” I trace how West Papuan activists used regional organisations and the UN to push for self‑determination, linking their campaigns to debates about race, sovereignty, and representation.

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West Papuans between Transnationalism and Internationalism | Itinerario | Cambridge Core

West Papuans between Transnationalism and Internationalism

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Journal of Global History (JGH) @globalhistjnl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📢 Join us at Notre Dame London to celebrate 20 years of the Journal of Global History! JGH is hosting an ECR workshop and a Guest Lecture with Prof. Stefanie Gänger. In person and online. Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguis...

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Really looking forward to this conference next month! See below for details.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My AHR review of @lydiawalker.bsky.social's States-In-Waiting is now live! I reflect on the book's methodological and theoretical contributions to global histories of decolonisation. Check it out here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-... #books #historians #decolonisation #globalhistory

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Lydia Walker. States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization.

States-in-Waiting is a nuanced and meticulously researched exploration of knowledge, power, and legitimacy in the era of decolonization. The monograph open

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Looking forward to presenting at Birkbeck tomorrow!

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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link) Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...

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CSI Autumn 2025 Events — Centre for the Study of Internationalism

Lunchtime seminar by Dr Emma Kluge (Exeter) on “Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific” What: The Pacific Ocean covers more than 30% of the world’s surface. Howe...

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

London friends: please come along to my talk in a couple of weeks. I’ll be talking about some of the ideas from my next project. Would love to see you there (or online)!

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Incredible article on the problems of citizenship in the aftermath of empire and refugees’ use of air travel to carve out a space for themselves between exclusionary and conflicting immigration regimes.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Today is the anniversary of the 1962 signing of the New York agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands, leading to the recolonisation of West Papua. In my Humanity article, I explore the events leading up to this: humanityjournal.org/issue13-1/a-... Message me if you want a copy!

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A New Agenda for the Global South: West Papua, the United Nations, and the Politics of Decolonization

Emma Kluge on West Papuan attempts at self-determination.

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University of Exeter Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall @hass-cornwall.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk . The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...

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Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History

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Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...

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Forgetting - Professor Catriona Pennell, Professor in Modern History and Memory Studies

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Frederick Harry Pitts @fhpitts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

'Reindustrialisation’ is now a buzzword across the political spectrum. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability. Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos: youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...

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Reindustrialisation - Dr Frederick Harry Pitts, Senior Lecturer in Politics

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Creating a 'spare parts' document for writing I'm not yet willing to cut is still my most effective way of killing my darlings while doing revisions. Do I ever put these things back into the text? No. Do I need to pretend that I might? Yes, every time.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

It was a pleasure to be part of this special issue on Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial contexts. If you want to see the full SI (and check out my article on West Papuan petitions) you can find it here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial Contexts. Volume 53, Issue 3 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Excited to be at #AAPS2025. The conference is to a great start with Rev Dr Cliff Bird delivering the Epeli Hau’Ofa lecture. Looking forward to listening to all the wonderful work happening in Pacific Studies across the region.

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New special issue of 'Australian Journal of Biography and History' publishing tomorrow! ‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation

In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Yesterday’s #esshc2025 panel was such a joy. Talking about anticolonial mobilisation with the global history gang @riakapoor.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social and @emleake.bsky.social. Thanks to Anne-Isabell Richard for chairing and the audience for great engagement. Feeling inspired!

5 women sit smiling in a row behind a desk. A projector screen is on the wall behind them. On the desk in front of them are laptops, notebooks and drink bottles.

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Really enjoying being part of this conference! Such an interesting range of papers.

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Are you in London this afternoon? Make sure to attend this event at birkbeck 2-4pm to launch this incredible new handbook on histories of socialism and development with @sulinlewis.bsky.social @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social and @jessicareinisch.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 online link available too, just lmk!

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Elisabeth Leake @emleake.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Fantastic initiative for those hoping to publish in the Journal of Global History!

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

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138th Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2025): Counternarratives of Postwar Global Decolonization

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

In New York for my first American Historical Association conference! #aha25

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Looking forward to this! Our Cornwall department might be small but it’s so cool that we teach both Pacific and Caribbean history modules and bring them into conversation with the Environmental humanities.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New here! I’m a historian who expands global histories of decolonisation to include Pacific and indigenous peoples. I work on anticolonialism and environmentalism in Oceania and am increasingly convinced you can’t talk about one without the other (even though that’s what I did in my first project).

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